Wave Sounds by Bertha Shortiss from Switzerland. Granite, 2014
“My Sculpture is dedicated to the Ocean, the power and movement of water and the sound of the waves clashing to the stones of the coast.” -Bertha Shortiss
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Artist Statement
My Sculpture is dedicated to the Ocean, the power and movement of water and the sound of the waves clashing to the stones of the coast.
Water changes stones with time. It takes the awkward form away, so I tried to give the hard granite a soft form. It should give a feeling of movement and the endless circulation of water.
Artist Biography
Bertha attended high school and trained as a sculptor. She runs her studio in Altdorf . It produces works of stone, wood and other materials for public clients, companies and private individuals. One of her works is the grave memorial for stillborn children in the cemetery in Liestal . She created a sculpture for the Freiämter Sagenweg in Freiamt in Aargau .
Bertha Shortiss became internationally known with exhibitions such as Trioptikon in Kandern 2013, with the art space Kieswerk , which she set up in 2001 with the sculptor Volker Scheurer in an industrial area in Weil am Rhein , and by participating in competitions for snow sculptures. Her large-format work “leaving a chamber” received several awards at the 2008 Snow Art Competition in Nayoro , Japan . [2 Also for her snow sculpture at the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin , China in 2017 she received an award.